Case: 21-1868 Document: 37 Page: 1 Filed: 02/10/2022

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ CHARLIE JEFFERY, SR., Claimant-Appellant v. DENIS MCDONOUGH, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2021-1868 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 19-3374, Judge Coral Wong Pi- etsch. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ KENNETH H. DOJAQUEZ, Carpenter Chartered, Topeka, KS, for claimant-appellant. Also represented by JOHN D.

NILES.

MATTHEW JUDE CARHART, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Jus- tice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee.

Also represented by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, MARTIN F.

HOCKEY, JR., ELIZABETH MARIE HOSFORD; CHRISTINA LYNN Case: 21-1868 Document: 37 Page: 2 Filed: 02/10/2022

GREGG, BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washing- ton, DC. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (DYK, MAYER, and CHEN, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

February 10, 2022 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court